Six policemen wounded

[TamilNet, Saturday, 07 November 1998, 13:08 GMT]Six Sri Lankan Police personnel were wounded when a combined convoy of the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) and Police was attacked by the Liberation Tigers at Morakkodanchnai in the Batticaloa district this afternoon around 12.15.

SLA sources said a vehicle in which the policemen were travelling was hit by a mortar fired by the Tigers from Thihilivettai.

The Sri Lankan Army opened up retaliatory shelling towards Thihilivettai from its camp in Morakkodanchenai.